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[–]AnarchySpeach 5 insightful - 4 fun5 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 4 fun -  (6 children)

The socialist cheese is free.

To the 2nd mouse.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

How come no one is talking about how the trap is free? (ie. the government, want it or not, you got it)

[–]AnarchySpeach 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

We built the trap together, so that one of us would sacrifice themselves. Wasn't taxes. Wasn't at gunpoint. We built it ourselves because the cat (government) promised us free cheese if we did so... so we did. All the cat did was tell us how and offer reward.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Naw. I didn't build it. I want nothing to do with it. No one asked me. And now it's forced upon us.

Cats can't talk or promise, much less produce cheese. The cat is not even in the picture and is certainly not the government. Governments are smaller than the masses they exploit. If anything anthropomorphic, the government would be bloodsucking flees.

Government is the trap.

As an anarchist you should see this.

[–]AnarchySpeach 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Naw. I didn't build it. I want nothing to do with it. No one asked me.

Where do you live? Out in the middle of the woods? Living in the society is consenting to the gifts and nightmares that come with it. It's hard to be against Target when you shop there.

Every penny taxed goes towards building the mouse trap. Where does the cheese really come from? How is it made? These are things people don't really want to know the answer to. It's better to look the other way. Wait for the snap. Ignore the cries. Take the cheese and go about your normal day.

Anarchy fails quickly when people are unwilling to take action. Become a politician. Try to break the system from the inside. Pray you don't get desensitized to the horrible stuff kept from the public.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Living in the society is consenting to the gifts and nightmares that come with it.

Says who? This unwritten rule needs to be written down somewhere so I can decline it in writing.

I like your summary of the plebs.

It took me a long while to appreciate the pros and cons of all the political ideologies I've heard about. Ultimately I'm a Anti-Corporatocracist/Voluntarist/Minarchist until something better comes along.

[–]AnarchySpeach 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Says who? This unwritten rule needs to be written down somewhere

If you really care that much start readin' and tell us what you find.

I believe economic anarchy, localized to areas with controlled boundaries, allows for the best spread of monetary growth as different areas produce better situations for business. So long as companies are allowed to move around they can continue to grow. My problem starts when any company gains a stranglehold over an area. If a company like Amazon doesn't care about profits in one category they sell, they can afford to produce at a loss, making up the rest from a different product source. Small start ups and little companies cannot compete with someone doesn't care about profits. These monopolies stagnate economic growth, create unemployment, and need to be destroyed.

I have no beef with corporations. Monopolies are the true enemy that prevent us from starting our own businesses. They ruin the American dream and should be stopped. More taxes aren't the answer when the smaller companies can't afford to pay and the monopolies are indifferent.

It's one of the reasons bitcoin and other digital crypto-currencies look so promising to me. If the government can't stop these run-away monopolies, then the answer is to let the people do it with their own spending choices. No "Bank of America" to tell us who we can and cannot buy from.